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Submitted: 10 Apr 2023
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Avicenna J Care Health Oper Room. 2024;2(2): 47-53.
doi: 10.34172/ajchor.10
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Original Article

Effectiveness of Virtual Education for Operating Room Nursing Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Mojtaba Moradzadeh 1 ORCID logo, Behzad Imani 2* ORCID logo, Mina Mirzaiee 2

1 Student Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Department of Operating Room, School of Paramedicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Behzad Imani, Email: behzadiman@yahoo.com

Abstract

Background: With the rapid spread of the coronavirus, which in addition to threatening human physical health has adversely affected the other aspects of life such as education, the proper use of virtual learning works as the best strategy to improve the quality of teaching and learning and providing equal opportunities. Virtual learning is known as the best educational method during the pandemic.

Methods: This qualitative study benefited from a content analysis method, and the obtained information was analyzed with the help of the Graneheim approach. In this study, 8 operating room students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences were selected by the available sampling method. Then, the effectiveness of virtual learning was explained using semi-structured interviews.

Results: After analyzing the interviews, the main problems found in virtual learning at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in the field of operating rooms were categorized into technical communication factors, effective environmental factors, problems related to professors and the Department of Education, and problems related to students.

Conclusion: The effectiveness of e-learning was explained in this study. Depending on the policies of each university and the unique problems associated with it, the problems of e-learning may vary from university to university, thus more studies need to be performed at different universities to reach more comprehensive solutions.


Please cite this article as follows: Imani B, Moradzadeh M, Mirzaiee M. Effectiveness of virtual education for operating room nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. Avicenna J Care Health Oper Room. 2024; 2(2):47-53. doi:10.34172/ ajchor.10
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